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Friday, January 11

LITA Happy Hour
5:00 - 7:00pm
Cebu Restaurant and Bar, 123 Chestnut Street, Old City, Philadelphia
Please join the LITA Membership Development Committee and members from around the country for networking, good cheer and great fun. Expect lively conversation and excellent drinks. The LITA Happy Hour is a great opportunity to get to know LITA.

SRRT/Feminist Task Force (FTF) and ACRL Women's Studies Section (WSS)
Feminists Night Out
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Snacks and drinks at Giovanni's Room, http://www.giovannisroom.com
345 South 12th Street, (at 12th & Pine Sts) Philadelphia, PA 19107 Tel: 215/923-2960
All Feminists and their friends are invited. This is a fun way to meet with ALA friends at the first of the conference. It is also a great chance to buy some good books.

Thanks to Henry Holt Publishers we will be giving out copies of Susan Faludi’s new book, The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America.

Saturday, January 12

Orientation for Chapter Leaders
ALA Chapter Relations Committee
8:00 am–1:00 pm
This workshop includes information on: financial management of associations; how to further your commitment to diversity in your association; how chapter councilors work for the chapters; navigating your way through ALA. Join the “hot topic” discussions on board meetings, budgets, conference planning, diversity, legislative issues in Chapters, membership and working with staff. This event requires advance registration (not available onsite) and includes a full breakfast.
Tickets: ALA Member: $45; Nonmember: $65.

PAALA-BCALA-NJ ALA Midwinter reception
Saturday, January 12, 2008
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Mother Bethel AME Church
Street: 419 South 6th Street
City/Town: Philadelphia, PA
The Pennsylvania African American Library Association (www.paala.org) and the New Jersey Chapter of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (www.bcala-nj.org) invite you to an ALA Midwinter reception.

ALCTS Member Reception
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Lowes Philadelphia, Regency Ballroom B
Library technical services professionals: take this opportunity to relax and mingle with your peers after a long day of meetings. Enjoy!

Dance Dance Library Revolution: Bibliodiscothèque Philadelphia
A librarian dance party brought to you by The Desk Set (Brooklyn) and Authority Control (Philly).
9:00pm - 2:00am
National Mechanics, 22 South 3rd St. betw. Market and Chestnut - FREE!
Bring a new or lightly used non-fiction paperback to donate to Books Through Bars in exchange for one free drink!
More info on the What's_Going_On page

Sunday, January 13

RUSA CODES Awards Recognition Recepton
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Ritz Carlton Philadelphia, Grand Ballroom
Join your colleagues and members of the publishing industry at a cocktail reception honoring the best literature of the year. We will announce the winners of the Sophie Brody Medal, Dartmouth Medal, Notable Books List (the best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for adults), Reading List, Louis Shores/Greenwood Publishing Group Award (the most notable review writer in a given year) and the List of Outstanding Reference Sources (a listing of the best reference sources each year).